one big factor, was obama's stimulus package. in addition to pumping more money in to the program, it made qualify identifying for food stamps easier. the president insists, increased spending on food stamps in the stimulus bill did indeed stimulate the economy. >> and you are eligible. >> joel berg said it saved lives. >> we are just a hair away from large scale hunger, malnutrition and starvation in america. >> believe that? >> no question whatsoever. >> you are just laughing. >> absolutely preposterous, given the fact that only 1 in 20 people in america say they were hungry for a single day in the course of the year starving is silly, isn't it? the realty is that the american poor people are not malnourished and they have too much food. >> robert r eveector is a skcep >> it is distracting our attention from the real issues of how you really help the poor, rather than making them more dependant on government. >> they denied you because of your income change. >> berg said that 80% of the people that turn to his coalition for hel